Tag: Ceuta
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Morocco gets its way as EU to pay another €190 million to Morocco over border-control blackmail
EuroNews is reporting that the EU is set to fund up to an additional €190 million to the Moroccan government for up the 2027 for border-control following renegotiations. This is an additional to €220 million in funds already disbursed to Morocco over previous border-security agreements. The new deal has also been confirmed by Morocco’s state…
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Malta’s Foreign Affairs Minister says asylum applications need to be processed faster and human lives taken in consideration
Malta’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chris Fearne was interviewed by Al Jazeera over the recent crisis in Ceuta relating to migration. The Foreign Minister said that the event was not an eye-opener but a reminder of the ongoing crisis, which is being addressed collectively by the European Union through the recently approved Migration Pact. He reiterated…
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Malta’s Foreign Minister says Ceuta crisis is only a small part of a larger problem
Speaking to CNN, Malta’s Foreign Minister, Chris Fearne, said that the crisis in Ceuta represents only a small part of the wider migration crisis in the Mediterranean Sea. He said that the incident brought European partners together, despite the initial reaction being one of shock. “The population of Ceuta basically doubled in an instant,” he…
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Malta affirms support for Spain after agreeing to an urgent meeting in response to the Ceuta border crisis
European interior and security ministers met online for an extraordinary Council meeting chaired by the Irish Presidency in response to the Ceuta border crisis. The meeting was called by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and many European countries, including Malta, endorsed the call. Following the meeting, Malta issued a statement declaring its support for and…
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Spanish intelligence services raise spectre of a repeat of the 2021 Ceuta crisis
Spanish intelligence services have raised the spectre of a repeat of 2021’s cross-border events following last week’s Ceuta crisis, when up to 60,000 migrants breached the border illegally from the Moroccan side. The Spanish intelligence services identified members of the Moroccan secret services among the crowds that gathered at the border, while also reporting an…
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Betraying his best friend and ally, Malta’s Prime Minister signs Meloni’s letter
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has lamented the lack of European solidarity regarding the border chaos that took place last week in Ceuta. The Italian government is trying to gain political mileage from the situation by presenting the Spanish government as reckless while pretending to be the adult in the room. The Italian government has…
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The appeasement to North African dictators and why Premier Meloni is also fully responsible for what happened in Ceuta
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wants to play the role of the responsible adult in Europe after hitting out at the Spanish government’s failure to control its border in its North African enclave of Ceuta where up to 60,000 Moroccans breached the border in chaotic scenes last week. First, the Italian Prime Minister called for…
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UPDATED – Spain’s Foreign Minister says that all of those who breached the border have been repatriated
UPDATED: The Spanish government and Spain’s Foreign Minister have announced that most of those who illegally breached the border into Ceuta during this week’s chaotic scenes have been repatriated. EU Council President Antonio Costa expressed his soldiarity with Spain and reiterated that third-country nationals in Cueta do not enjoy freedom of movement to mainland Spain…
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BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister says that Moroccans who crossed illegally into Ceuta will be repatriated
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held a press conference at the Palacio de la Asamblea (Palace of the Assembly of the Autonomous City of Ceuta), announcing that the Moroccans who entered Ceuta illegally yesterday will be repatriated. The Spanish Prime Minister reiterated that his government is working with Morocco on the issue and blamed the…
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Italy calls for Spain to be suspended from Schengen after thousands of Moroccans breach the border of Ceuta
Italy has called for exceptional Schengen restrictions against Spain after thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, yesterday, on Thursday, 30 July. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said her government was considering extraordinary border-control measures, including suspending the application of the Schengen agreement with Spain. She described the scenes in…
